Quotes About Artistry

I was obsessed with harmonies and how to put songs together in lush soundscapes. But I don't know what it was all about, really.

What did we play in the Harry Dean Stanton Band? It was old blues and country - all covers. I never wrote anything.

I've read some pretty harsh criticisms of my music, but some of them I agreed with and actually sat with me.

I would love to work with PJ Harvey some day.

My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.

I believe that I am a hat designer, not a milliner.

I was being called a shock comic. I hated that. It's so cheap and stupid.

I grew up in a craftsman's home, where things were done with our own hands. I did cabinetmaking for four years and I hated it.

I did love 'What's Up?' but I hated the production.

When I did 'Wichita Lineman,' it was as good as I could do it, so I keep doing it that way. It's such a haunting song.

Don't make music to make money, because that's not why you should be doing it. Have fun, be creative, and embrace the past.

It's very important to focus on the music first. That's always number one. But after that, it's extremely important to just have fun with what you're doing.

'Faucet Failure' was my favorite because I just had fun with it, and it was just 10 minutes, and I didn't overthink anything, and I wanted to just have fun with the song.

The reason that you dance and sing is to make the audience feel like they're dancing and singing. As long as you're having fun with it and giving it 100 percent, they're gonna feel that.

I'm definitely one of them artists that loves putting the track on and having fun with it, but in my own way.

This song is by Bjork called 'Oh So Quiet' and it's really different. I'll be screaming and just having fun on stage. It's really, really different but I'm very excited to do that number.

If the bottom dropped out of the market and the artist was not going to sell anything, he or she will keep working, and the dealer will keep trying to find some way to convince somebody to buy this stuff.

If an artiste has the conviction to carry something off, he or she can do anything.

When one sees me on screen I hope he or she only sees and feels the character, not Shefali.

I don't need a sensationalized headline to sell music or to bring attention to my music. It's the music and it's always been about the music.

When you listen to a Yes album, you should listen to the whole thing through headphones with the lights off.

People find it hard to get their heads around nominating a computer-generated character, but every time you see Gollum on the screen, that's me who is acting up there - even if it is behind a mass of pixels - and it's my voice you hear.

In every shoot, between the actor and the director there is manipulation. I'm not saying that negatively. It's healthy.

I hear a little firecracker go off when you come up with a good rhyme.